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This is my daily art blog.
I'm artist Dee Sanchez and I live and work in Alameda, New Mexico - the land of blue skies, red hills, and three unique cultures.
What a beautiful place to paint! Join me on my daily painting quest, my plein air adventures, my video logs, my "getting ready for a show" preparations, my painting tips, and I may even throw in an opinion or two...I also document my struggles with getting healthy and my crazy family life

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

ARTFEST AUCTION PAINTING in progress

STAGE THREE:

Filling the canvas with color. I'm still playing, rearranging, and working with my design. I have all of the basic colors down and now will start the refining process and bring the painting to life. I will post the finished painting tonight.

STAGE TWO:Starting to work out the composition, playing with the colors.

STAGE ONE:Toning the canvas and a very loose sketch for placement of the sunflowers.You can see the photo I am using for inspiration at the bottom of the canvas.

I will finish this painting up today and start the process for completing my 48x60 Taos Gorge. That one will take me quite a while so I am finishing it first. Then I have numerous smaller pieces I want to complete before next Wednesday. Thursday is set-up day for Artfest so Wednesday will be my last day of work and completing my "to do" list.